The Chinese Experience in London: Depiction and Reality

(This event is part of the Difference Festival)

Derek Hird (Modern Languages & Cultures) and

Anne Witchard (English, Linguistics & Cultural Studies)

• Derek Hird - A Brief History of the Chinese in London, focussing on some of the interesting human stories of the Chinese presence in London over the centuries
• Anne Witchard - British literary and cinematic depictions of the Chinese in the early twentieth century - (this will touch on the silent film 'Broken Blossoms' (1919) which is to be shown in the Regent St Cinema on Friday 3rd March at 5.30 p.m.)